CVE-2024-25081 (GCVE-0-2024-25081)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-26 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:29
VLAI
Summary
Splinefont in FontForge through 20230101 allows command injection via crafted filenames.
Severity
4.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
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